THE WERK Episode 02: In Process - Deprogramming White Supremacy With Sara Clark

09/14/21 • 77 min

Sara Clark began teaching yoga 11 years ago in New York City after leaving the world of television post production. She has had the honor of leading workshops and retreats globally, teaming up with top fitness brands and gracing covers of wellness magazines all while sharing tools to support healing the mind and the body. Sara views vinyasa yoga as a moving meditation, an act of resistance against the system and a salve for the soul. Her teachings weave together the practices of meditation, mindfulness and manifestation to support uplifting the spirit and awakening to one's limitless potential.

In This Episode:

How Sara’s experience as a Black child in a predominantly White space helped her prepare for wellness spaces.
How Black women are set to a different standard.
Sara’s experience with White fragility and how she’s navigated through microaggressions.
How epigenetics and empathy play a factor in this work with White people.
Why safe spaces are crucial for the well-being of POC.
Unlearning: Her life in Grenada during the quarantine, slowing down, and what it has taught her about life. How rest is a form of resistance as a Black woman.
Balancing mindfulness and peace with speaking up.
Energy and the laws of the universe in relation to how we can create the future we want to live.
Her advice for the werk POC have to do and white people.

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09/14/21 • 77 min

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